'The Boston bombers and the suicide bomber from Florida were not inspired by ISIS, which adds a little bit to the confusion about his motives', Comey concluded. But he also appeared to claim solidarity with the perpetrators of the Boston Marathon bombings and solidarity with the Florida man who died as a suicideb bomber in Syria for Al-Nusra Front - a group in conflict with the so-called Islamic State. 'During the calls he said he was doing this for the leader of ISIS, who he named, and pledged loyalty to. 'And the dispatcher called him back and they spoke briefly.
He called again and spoke with the dispatcher and hung up. He barricaded himself in a toilet with around four or five hostages and called 911.įBI Director James Comey added in a statement on Monday that the shooter was involved in precisely three calls to a 911 dispatcher at approximately 2:30am.Ĭomey said: 'He (Mateen) called and hung up. Mateen shot some of his initial victims at the Orlando club before taking the rest hostage. John Mina, chief of police at the City of Orlando Police Department, told how his officers handled the tense standoff with the terrorist who carried out the worst mass shooting in US history. Gunman Mateen was killed when he crawled through the wall firing his weapons at waiting officers. Police officers crashed an armoured vehicle into a wall of US nightclub Pulse in a desperate bid to save hostages. Graham and Matt Hunter and Anneta Konstantinides and Jenny Stanton and Jose Lambiet In Florida For
citizen Omar Mateen, 29, opened fire inside Pulse night club in Orlando at around 2am on Sunday morning Pictured: Grim scene as bodies are carried out four at a time through the night at bullet-riddled gay nightclub where 49 revelers were massacred by ISIS fanatic before SWAT team smashed down a wall and shot him dead